Diagnosis and Imaging, Antalya | Prof. Dr. Umuttan Doğan

Gloved hands holding the pressure wire and its connector during an FFR measurement in the catheter laboratory

Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR)

Not every narrowing seen on a coronary angiogram needs a stent. FFR shows whether a narrowing is genuinely reducing the blood supply to the heart muscle.

Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS)

An angiogram shows the outline of the artery. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) shows its true diameter, the make-up of the plaque and the calcium, from the inside.

Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE)

A catheter with an ultrasound probe at its tip is placed inside the heart. It guides the procedure and lets most of them be done without a general anaesthetic.